I also recall reading something about the two-barreds from last years irruption in either Birding World or British Birds earlier this year or last year.
Hope this helps - if anyone could get me some recordings of any crossbills from up there that would be fantastic !
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Lindsay,
Thanks for posting the article which is useful. There are some other pretty good pics of wing barred Common Crossbills on BirdGuides. I was interested in the shape of the white of the tertials on the female Orkney bird, the white seemed quite broad rather than just a pale fringe. Clearly the actual wing bars were pretty weak.
I would be surprised if there were not some more of these tricky ids in this current invasion. Thanks again.
Alastair
Hi Alistair,
The female one I am pretty confident about, the male is just too obscured though the white in the alulal area could just be a plumage anomaly. The 'bar' just seems too brown. Also, see most recent post !
Lindsay
I'm going to be up on the north coast at the end of this month. Will do my best to track down some Crossbills and get a few of their calls onto disc. Might try and stop off over your way on our way back down - will e-mail you when I know details.
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for that, I am sure some will be around !
I should be around when you come back and will be trying to catch some of these 4E's at a couple of sites if you fancy it ?
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